Bill's wife informs him that they will be attending the opera. Bill has never been to the opera, but he immediately has a mental image of he and his wife sitting in an ornate theater and wearing formal eveningwear
Bill is drawing up a(n) ________. a) schema
b) heuristic
c) anchor
d) cognitive load
a
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Alina thinks that she is overweight. She often indulges in binge eating and later forcibly vomits the food. Which eating disorder is Alina most likely suffering from?
A) Porphyria B) Anorexia nervosa C) Bulimia nervosa D) Adaptive thermogenesis
Which of the following was of particular interest to Calkins?
a. Self-psychology b. Psychophysics c. Metaphysics d. Color vision
What is chronological age?
a. the average age at which normal individuals achieve a particular score on a measure of intelligence b. the age at which someone's test score is equal to current age c. the number of years since an individual's birth d. the mental age multiplied by the IQ e. the age determined based on the number of questions correctly answered on an IQ test
When speaking, older adults tend to __________ than younger people
A) use more pronouns B) use clearer references C) pause less often D) use fewer word repetitions